Hatch-cover.



G. H. TACKJMIAN.

11mm covzn. APPLICATION FILED 1'23. 19, 1909.

" Patented Sept. 28, 1909..

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G. H. TAOKMAN.

HATGH OOVER. APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 19,1909.

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HATCH COVER.

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Patentd Sept. 28', 1909.

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GUSTAV H. TAGKMAN, or CHICAGO, rrm'rnors.

HATCH-COVER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Sept. 28, 1999.

Application filed February 19, 1909. Serial No. 478,895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GnsTAv H. TACKnAri, 1 a citizen of the United States,'residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful improvements in Hatch-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hatch covers, the Zininn obyect of the invention being to provide a cover for the hatchways of vessels which will be practically air and water tight and which at the same time is adapted to be conveniently opened and closed.

With the above and other objects in view the nature of which Will. more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combina- -ti-on and arrangementof parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed. v

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of a hatch-way showing the hatch cover applied thereto and clamped down. Fig. '2 is 'a similar View showing the hatch cover. partly opened. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the same with the hatch cover clamped down. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation partly in section on an enlarged scale through a portion of the hatch-way, showing the hatch cover sections in their completely opened position. 'Fig.

5 is a vertical cross section on the line oa of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a detail vertical longi- Fig. 7 is a detail vertical longitudinal scotud'inal section on the line 7)-b of Fig. 3.

tion on the' line of Fig. 3. 'Fig. 8 is 2 I and the transverse sections 2 constitute the end walls ot the hatch-way, the side Walls or sections 1 cxtending'at both ends beyond the end walls as shown at and being connected-beyond the end walls by means of end cross 1mm. supported at oppositeends by posts" or uprights The side and end walls or coamiiig sections are provided at their top with outwardly projecting head .l'langes ii to provide ample surface for the support of the hatch cover sections andtbe packing or sealing strips to be hereinafter particularly descrlbed.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the hatch.

cover as a whole is made up of a suitable number of sections 7 which are hinged together along their meeting edges as shown at 8, ordinary strap hinges being preferably used for this purpose and the hinges being arranged alternately above and beneath the sections as best indicated in Fig. 2 to enable the sections to be folded like a bellows. The complete hatch cover, comprising all of the sections, is of suilicient length to extend the entire length of the side sections 1 of the coaming and the end sections 7 are provided at their opposite corners with tongues 9- 'which are received in slots 10 of keepers 11 secured fixedly to the opposite ends of the warning as shown iii Figs. l and 2, each or said tongues 9 being detachably mounted in the slot 10 of its respective keeper-as best illustrated in 9 and being normally maintained in place by means of a pin or key 12 inserted through the tongue 9 and also through oppositely arranged vertical slots 13 in the keeper thus providing for a slight up and down movementot the tongues 9 in the operation of folding the cover sections back outof the way to make the hatchway accessible throughout-its entire length.

lVhen the hatch cover is in its closed position, the sections thereof are held down by clamps and in carrying out this feature of the invention, which-is very important in order to obtain an air and liquid tight joint, each of the hatch cover sections T is provided at its opposite ends with end cleats 15 which greatly strengthen and reinforce the hatch cover sections 7. main bodies of the hatch cover sections to be formed-out of comparatively thin metal. the cleats 14 being also formed of metal of heavier 'gagc. The sections 7 and thi cleats l-t clvtend outward beyond the head flanges G of the roaming and are slotted from their outer edges inward to receive eye bolts 1.3, the eyes of which are connected to fixed eyes 16 on the outer side of the coanung as illustrated in detail in Fig. 10. The bolt 15 passes upward through theappropriate slot 17 in the end of the hatch cover section and also througha clamp 18 which is adapted to rest on the top of the eieat, the clamp being held in propenposition by a retaining This enables the.

loop 19-atthe in'neiend thereof, which loop overhangs the inner edge of the clout. 'lbc clamp as a whole is complctedtby a nut which may be of any suitable type} a winged nut being illustrated for convenience. In the preferred embodimentof thisifeature of the invention two of such felaliip'sftlie em ployed at each end of each section t.

1 erated by the means hereinafter described.

Securedto the lower surfaces of the sections 7 are marginal packing strips 22 of llange ot' the counting.

rubber leather or analogous material, the said strips lying between the cover section and the head flange U of the warning as clearly shown in Figs. Tand S. The clamps hereinabove described are located directly over these packing strips sothat when the clamps are tightly screwed down, said packing strips form an absolutely air .and water tight joint all around the margins of the hatch cover as a whole. These packing strips would, however. interfere with the sliding movement, of the cover sections, and in order to overcome this, each hatch cover section is provided with a number of ottsetting devices 23 preferably in the form of screws thriaded through the cleats 1t and the end portions of the hatch sections adjacent to the opposite corners thereof as shown in Fig. 3. The inner ends of these screws lie just over the uncovered portion of the head tlangc t3 so that. by turning said screws downward they serve to-elevate-the ends of the hatch cover sections and raise the packing strips 22 out of contact with the head flanges 6. The cover sections are thus adaptcd to slide on the screws 23, thereby greatly relieving the friction which would result were the packing strips left, in contact with the head tlangcs. U't' *course in clamping down the cover sections on the coaming, the screws 3 are turned upward until the packing st rips 32' rest directly against the head The clamps may now be secured down tightly.

\i'hcre the meeting edges ot the cover sew 'tions come together, in order to provide an air and water tight joint at such )laccs,,i provide. a. llexiblc joint-scaling strip 2t which is let into a rabbcl 25 in the edge ot one of the cover sections or said scaling'strip may bc'clanipcd between the end portions of the cover sections and the end cleats It as shown in Fig. 7. l'lach llexible sealing strip rides in contact withthc meeting edge ol' the adjoining section 7 and thus 'nminlains alight joint along all the meeting edges of the hatch cover sections. The pack-'- ing strips 22 may be secured to the cover sections in any convenient manner, one Way of accomplisliing this result being shown in Fig. 7 wherein the packing strip is shown cent wall of the coaming and bolted to the cover section by means of bolts 26 passing neatli the packing strips. A plurality of clamps 18 is also employed for securing the ends of the con'iplete hatch cover as shown in Fig. 3, said clan'ips being adapted to hold such ends down againstthe head flanges 6 of the end walls ot the coaming as shown in Fig. 7.

The means for tilting and opening and closing the hatch cover sections will now be ward from certain hatch cover sections are otal connection at their lower ends with the respective sections? so that they may tilt or swing relatively thereto as indicated by a comparison ofll igs, 1 and L. .tt their upt'airlcaders or eyes 29 through which passes a single hatch tilting cable 230. This cable is provided at. its opposite ends with hooks :il adapted for detachable engagement with holes in the upper extremities of a pair of lower extremities to the end cross bars 32 is engaged by a brace It? having a jointed connection at ll with the end wall of the counting as shown in Fig. t3. the said brace having its outer free end bifurcated to embrace the rack posts 32 and to engage the rackteeth 35 thereof. 3t) designates flexible "stays extending from the upper ends of the rack posts downward and connecting at fixed points 37 on 'the coaming, said stay; 36 serving to limit the outward swinging movement of said posts. The cable BO'is provided at suitable points on each side of each stanchion 28 with stops or shoulders 38 that come in contact with opposite sides of said stanchions to swing the same and produce the necessary tension on the tiexible hatch tilting c innections 35) consisting of short sections of cable interposed between the upper ends of the .stanchions and the upwardly movable meeting edges. of the hatch cover sections 7 as best illustrated in Fig. 2, so that when the post 32 at one end is swung outward as shown in Fig. 2 and tension is brought to bear on the hatch tiltin g cahl=- IN). said cable rocks-the stanchions to the corresponding angle and draws on the connections Z12 thc result of which is that the hatch sections are raised in zigzag order as shown in Fig. 1. preliminary to sliding the section toward one end ol' the hatchway. licl ore swinging one ol' the posts extended considerably inside of the adja-' through clamping plates 27 arranged be.

described. Connected to and extending upstanchions 2S, and said stancl'iions have pivrack posts'iii pivotally connected at theiras shown in Fig. it. Each of said rack postsper ends the stanchions are provided with to the position shown in 2, however, the rear end of the cable -30 1H unhooked from the other rack post 5:32. as indicated in Fig.

2, the last mentioned post being utilized when the hatch a whole has to be moved,

in the opposite direction from that shown in end sections oi the complete hatch and is prtwided at a short distancc'from such end i with a draw lit)()l 43 to which 15 adapted to be connected a draw band it the opposite extremities of which are connected to the underside of the 5211110 end hatch corersection 7 as indicated in Fig. l. Thu after the hatch cover aections are bucl-zled upward as shown in Fig. 9. by drawing on the appropriate cable 4-0, said cover sections are completely folded upward and drawn toward one end of the liatclrway until they occupy the position illuatratcd in Fig. -l. The idle opening cable it) may then he rcniovcd from the hatch-way and carried to the outside of the 'coaniing and hooked under one or more of the pendent loose clamps; which, when not in use hang alongside the coaining as shown in Fig.

To close the hatch. the hook 4-3 is disengaged from the draw band it and the cable of a block-and-tall on hoard the vessel. 18 run 1 through a block-at the opposite end of the hatch-way and connected to the lraw hand ll. By then pulling on and cable. the

folded hatch cover as a whole is drawn lengthwise of the hatch-war from a position shown in Fig. 4'. to the position illui tratcd in l i 's. 1 and I}. liet'ore doing this it is well to throw the brace 33 out (it engagement with the outwardl inclined rach post 32. which alloweaaid post i()l .\\'li1 1 inward to a rerlical position and to allow a cuii'c ;p nnliiig movement of the hatch tilting cable 30. the Hlttllchions 2S and the W. The

joint along and around the margin oi the hatch-way. in order to prci'cnt tlic cleats 21 from ttlttlllli. on the end wall ol the coanimg. curred Qiliilcs or dcl'lcclors in are proruied which pro cct beyond ihc end walls of the coaniing as shown in Fig. ll. thus causing the cleats ill to ride up orer v aid coaining wall when the hatch is drawn back to cover the hatch-way.

1. The combination with a hatch roaming oi a hatch embodying a plurality of CLtlODS hinged together at their meeting edges. stair. chion hiifigcd at their lower ends to the sec tions and extending upward therefrom, a hatch tilting cable connecting said stanchio is, at their upper ends. and hatch tilting conncctioiwv between each stanchion and the adjacent hatch section.

2. The combination with a hatch roaming. of a hatch embodying a plurality of sections hinged together at their meeting edges. stanchions extending upward from said sections. and flexible hatch tilting connections between each post and the adjacent sections.

3. The combination with a hatch roaming. of a hatch cnihodijing a pluralit oi aections hinged together at their meeting edges. stanchions extending upward from said sections.

a hatch tilting cable connecting said sections.

and flexible hatch tilting connections leading from said posts to adjaccnt hatch cover scc- (ions.

-l. 'ihe combination with a hatch counting.

of a hatch embodying a pluralit ol' section:

hinged together. stanchions cxtcnding upward'i'roni said sections and hinged to the sections. a hatch tilting cable having a sliding engagement with said stanchions and provided with stops adaptcddo coiipcratc with the Hlanchions. and flexible hatch tilt ing connections extending from the stanchions to the adjacentsections.

5. The combination with a hatch coaming. oi a hatch einhod i'ing a plurality of sections hinged together at their meeting edges. rach posts: arranged at oppoaite ends of the hatcliw'ai' and pirolally mounted at tlieirlowcr Cllii braces (i)iiifll'tllillQ with said raclt posts. and llcxiblc hatch cover tilting conncc tions iltfltHlltllilY connected with vaaid posts.

3. The combination with a hatch coaming. of a hatch embodying a plurality of sections hinged togclhcr at their meeting edges, lc01 crs at the oppoailc cnds oi the hatch wa coan ing, tongues on the end sections. ol' the hatch cover, means for coupling the tonguca to the keepers, and means for folding the cover sections and drawing the same in folded relation toward one end oi the hatchway.

7. The combination with a hatch coaming, of a hatch coicr cmhod ying a plurality til loo lill

sections hinged together at their nitling edges, means for folding 1aid corci- Hcclioiis relatively to each other, anopcning cable for drawing the sections toward one end ol' the hatch way a guide lubc through which the opening cable paascfi. and a capl'or said tubc.

H. The combination with a halt-li-coaniing,

.secured to the under sides of the opposite:

the sections inward, and chimps having a jointed connection withth'e warming and adopted for insertion throngh said Slots.

a 9. The combination with a hatch coaming,

ofa hatch cover embodying a -plnralitypf hinged seeions', means for folding and slidmg said sectionslengthwise. of the hatchwny, and angle 1rons secured to the under sides of the Sections and extendi'11g, nc1'os3 between ,w msite coznning' walls.

ich cover embodying a plurality ttlOllS, nun-gum packing strips ends of each and 1111 of the sections and adapted to rest on the cogumng, and means for clumping the coinnmg. i

sections, and devices for oifsettil l'gthe .s ections from mid above the cumming.

lfLThe cmnhinatiou with a hatch eoam mhination with a hatch coznn! sections down "on thea1'soco1me The comhiniltion with a hatch comm-4. mg, of a hatch cover embodymgo phirallty oi sectlons hinged together, marginal pack i I i h mg str ps F cnred to the nnder sides of sand.

"came-i ing, a hatch 'coi'erinibod ying it" pl nr a l'i ty of sections hinged together, packingetripe secured to the? finder sides-0f t he'sections,

and. offsetting screws passing Vertically 3 through 'the'cover sect ons: and adapted-to- 'iiig, of nhatch .co've'r embodying mplu'rality of sections -h1nged together, "an'd :flemble joint sealing strips seen-red to theme'eting edge of one, section and having-Ii curved projecting cage which orksin contactfivifh the meeting edge of the adjoining secti0i1.

14; The combination \flvithfa hatchfcoaln-l v =ing,- ofa hatch] coiter embodying. b; pluralityof Sectionsliipgefil t'ogetl ierj pivoted rack" postset opposite ends-of the-hatch Way,-piv-' ote'd braces cooperating-with sa idposts, and a} hatch tilting cable. detach'ably" connected at its opposite ends to said rack'poets'iand" fed at internjlettiete .pointison' the lmtchcover sections. I Inhtestimiony whereof I aflix' iny signature in presence o'fltwo, witnesses'.-='

GUSTAV H. TAGKMAN'.

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' -.Ai i'ro1\* F. TACK-MAX,

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